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Title: Challenging Disposability of Women Workers: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers' Story
Language: English
Authors: Dewi Setiani
Source: Commission for International Adult Education. 2025.
Availability: Commission for International Adult Education. Available from: American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. 10111 Martin Luther King Junior Highway Suite 200C, Bowie, MD 20720. Tel: 301-459-6261; Fax: 301-459-6241; e-mail: office@aaace.org; e-mail: aaace10@aol.com; Web site: https://www.aaace.org/page/CIAE
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Workers, Service Occupations, Females, Barriers, At Risk Persons, Civil Rights, Adult Education, Empowerment, Educational Attainment, Gender Bias
Geographic Terms: Indonesia, Singapore
Abstract: Foreign domestic workers significantly contribute to the economic development in their home and host countries. However, their status as foreign workers disadvantaged them because, oftentimes, host countries do not give them equal rights as local workers or those that considered as "skilled workers". Working and living in private houses with no supervision make them vulnerable to abuse and human rights violation. Despite the risks, working as domestic workers abroad still attracts women from poor countries because it is financially rewarding. Women in rural areas of Indonesia often face significant challenges to enroll in school due to lack of safety, distance between home and school, and the continued discriminative practice where parents believe that education is not important for girls. Because of this, domestic job opportunities abroad are systematically targeting these vulnerable women who are subjected to do the "women's work". Women workers are given little rights as workers and easily replaced if the host countries no longer need them. This study seeks to understand how domestic workers challenge labor disposability of women workers through adult education programs enrollment. Twelve Indonesians who were working full-time as domestic workers and studying in adult education programs in Singapore were interviewed from May to July 2018. This study objective is to reflect how working abroad for them provided many opportunities beyond earning money. [For the full proceedings, see ED680796.]
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Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: ED680893
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  Data: Foreign domestic workers significantly contribute to the economic development in their home and host countries. However, their status as foreign workers disadvantaged them because, oftentimes, host countries do not give them equal rights as local workers or those that considered as "skilled workers". Working and living in private houses with no supervision make them vulnerable to abuse and human rights violation. Despite the risks, working as domestic workers abroad still attracts women from poor countries because it is financially rewarding. Women in rural areas of Indonesia often face significant challenges to enroll in school due to lack of safety, distance between home and school, and the continued discriminative practice where parents believe that education is not important for girls. Because of this, domestic job opportunities abroad are systematically targeting these vulnerable women who are subjected to do the "women's work". Women workers are given little rights as workers and easily replaced if the host countries no longer need them. This study seeks to understand how domestic workers challenge labor disposability of women workers through adult education programs enrollment. Twelve Indonesians who were working full-time as domestic workers and studying in adult education programs in Singapore were interviewed from May to July 2018. This study objective is to reflect how working abroad for them provided many opportunities beyond earning money. [For the full proceedings, see ED680796.]
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